
Leo was sitting on a bedside chair, where Devan had been lying weak since he last month. Devan's body began to take care of her compared to when she was healthy. Leo's the only family he's got right now. A family that is not in the sense of blood, but a family that is always present in every situation.
His uncle, Devan's only inbred family only thought of him as a hindrance to having Astra Group. And Devan has fired him from the post of Deputy CEO, for corruption and treason by selling company secrets to rival Astra Group. That's one of the reasons why Leo chose to hide Devan's current situation.
Mama Devan died when Devan was 15 years old. That's what made Devan cool and dirty mouth like now. But, Leo is able to make Devan slowly transform into his old self, even if it is only in Leo.
Then, three years ago his father died following the late wife who he loved so much. Losing a parent for the second time made Devan fall back.
Until the moment Devan met Mia one year ago, her smile had completely returned. A smile that Leo had never seen before.
"Dev, you don't want to wake up?" Leo starts the conversation again, even though only the sound of Devan's life support is always answered.
"She is now working at Astra Group. And as you see fit, he was put in the same room, same lo."
"Every day I'm with him, you're not afraid he'll fall in love with me?"
"Do you know my own charm? Lo himself who said if I pull I'm almost equal lo." Leo chuckled with eyes that had started to water.
"And if you look around, Mia is sweet too, especially if you are craving, her lips are sweet. Ck, the saucy goes a thousand times over. Are you sure you won't be satisfied if you're the same as me?" Her tears were no longer stifled.
For Leo, Devan is the little brother he has always loved. After being adopted as a child by Dirga, Leo promised to regard Devan as his brother, just as Dirga considered him a child.
"Okay, I have to go to the company first. I'll be back later. Because you sleep mau mulu, my work so doubled."
Before actually leaving, Leo lowered his head whispering something in Devan's ear.
***
At the same time Mia was compiling some files that she would bring to her meeting with Mr. Alex.
She was so nervous, because the last time she was with Leo, Mr. Alex is so cynical and sarcastic. He's afraid he can't keep that secret out of his mouth if only Mr. Alex bluffed her just a little.
"Why you?" Arka who had since noticed Mia's movements, realized her strange attitude.
"What's? Why me?"
"You seem to be very agitated from earlier."
"I'll think about meeting later. What if I said that Leo was in Singapore? keep saying that Mr Devan is in a coma over there?"
"Hey hey hey, quiet dong. Why did he think nothing." Arka approached Mia and rubbed her hair.
"But I'm scared."
"You just calm down. Later if you really want to flirt, I mouthed your mouth so you don't talk."
"What the hell are you even kidding." Mia whines annoyed.
"Who is kidding? i seriously. Soon after your mouth is ready to talk, hap, my hand will immediately clip your lips." Arka says that while showing her smothering Mia's mouth.
Plaque, Mia hits Arka's shoulder.
"You are, how dare you be like me."
Arka chuckled, running from before Mia and Mia chased after him while giving small blows as she reached Arka.
Until the moment Arka was in the corner of the room Arka heard a whisper in her ear.
"Wake up and meet the woman of your dreams."
Arka turned to her voice, but found no one. Then, the voice came back and continued to repeat.
"Arghhh.." Arka covered her ears.
Mia who saw that panicked.
"Why are you?"
"Hey.." Mia was about to touch Arka's hand but was immediately pushed hard by Arka which made Mia crash far enough.
"aww.. Arka's.." Mia complained of feeling pain in her ass.
"ARRGH.."
"HEMM.. !!"
"Arca.. You why?"
Mia was still in her position when she fell, she cried because she could not bear to see Arka who looked so tormented.
"I-IUP.."
Mia wakes up, trying to approach Arka again. However, Arka disappeared from there first.
"Arkaaa,,??" Mia looked in all directions, but could not find her lover. Mia is getting hiccuped for fear of something happening to Arka, or worse she can no longer meet Arka.
Her crying was interrupted when an alarm sounded from her phone. It's time to go to a meeting with Mr. Alex. Mia does always set an alarm for all her schedules, just in case she forgets.
Mia wiped her tears. Seeing that there was still around 40 minutes before the meeting time, she chose to fix her already messy makeup from crying.
***
"Good day, Mr. Alex. Sorry I'm late." Mia is bad luck because she is stuck in traffic. Classic reasons are, but that's the truth.
"What's wrong, miss. I can always mentole a beautiful woman." Mr. Alex stands up to allow Mia to sit down, as well as Lola, his secretary.
Mia smiled in response to the words of her client.
"Where are Leo and Devan?"
"Mr Leo and Mr. Devan could not attend because they were in Japan." Mia tried to stay calm while telling her lies.
"Is that? It seems like the cooperation project with my company isn't really important to Devan, to the point that he just sent an assistant from his assistant to discuss this. Totally humbled me. " r. Alex cynically looks at Mia, causing Mia to come back in a panic attack.
"No, it's not that. There's a problem that Mr. Devan and Mr. Leo have to solve."
"Then I'm going to make trouble on this project, so Devan will respect me and come home to see me soon."
"No! Don't." Don't." Unknowingly Mia raised her voice while raising her hand in front of her chest to form the letter X.
"I beg you not to think like that. The situation there is a real emergency. And Mr. Devan is very respectful and trusting of you, which is why he doesn't have to worry about this project."
"Maha.." Mr. Alex laughed, making Mia's panicked face turn clumsy.
"Calm down, lady, I'm just kidding. I'm sure Devan sent you here already full of consideration. And I believe in Devan's judgment." Mr. Alex's words made Mia confused and relieved, but a second later she was nervous again because of Mr.'s face. Alex is serious.
"But, sorry, I can't continue this meeting."
"Why?"
"As I said to Leo at last meeting. I want Devan himself to come see me."
"But.."
"When is my schedule empty, Lola?" Mr. Alex asked his secretary.
"It's mister." Lola showed me the tablet.
"Two weeks, miss. Tell Devan, the next meeting I want him to attend. Otherwise, I'd rather not continue this cooperation."
"Yes?"
"I don't mind paying the damages, miss."
"Good, mister. I'll pass this directly to Mr. Devan."
"Okay, I'm leaving then. Remember miss, it must be Devan who comes, not you or Leo." Then Mr. Alex and Lola are gone.
Mia sat back down while breathing a sigh of relief. Facing directly with the director of the company equivalent to Astra Group turned out to be so draining of his energy.
While gulping down her drink, Mia suddenly remembered Arka.
Mia pays for her drink, then orders a taxi online to go home. Meeting with the Giant Family was his final agenda. Who would have thought, the meeting, which was scheduled for 2 hours, ended in less than 30 minutes.
"I'll look for him at home."
***
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